One historical figure in this novel states that "veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls" in response to another character's claim that his city's leader is a "false prophet." The title character's brother, a monk, warns her that marriage would bring her unhappiness before dying, and later her husband returns from Rome to settle a peace with an invading army. When that man learns that his father, whom he had neglected to rescue earlier, is a prisoner in his city, he sells Bardo de' Bardi's library and leaves. Tessa, a neighbor, has an affair with the title character's husband, whose father Baldassare repeatedly attempts to kill him, finally succeeding on the banks of the Arno. Earlier, the title character had witnessed the Bonfire of the Vanities, and returns to Savonarola's teachings even though he had refused to assist her in dealing with the treacherous Tito Melema. The political upheaval of Florence in the late 15th century is the background of, for 10 points, what historical novel by 
One historical figure in this novel states that "veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls" in response to another character's claim that his city's leader is a "false prophet." The title character's brother, a monk, warns her that marriage would bring her unhappiness before dying, and later her husband returns from Rome to settle a peace with an invading army. When that man learns that his father, whom he had neglected to rescue earlier, is a prisoner in his city, he sells Bardo de' Bardi's library and leaves. Tessa, a neighbor, has an affair with the title character's husband, whose father Baldassare repeatedly attempts to kill him, finally succeeding on the banks of the Arno. Earlier, the title character had witnessed the Bonfire of the Vanities, and returns to Savonarola's teachings even though he had refused to assist her in dealing with the treacherous Tito Melema. The political upheaval of Florence in the late 15th century is the background of, for 10 points, what historical novel by the author of The Lifted Veil and Scenes of Clerical Life, George Eliot?
One historical figure in this novel states that "veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls" in response to another character's claim that his city's leader is a "false prophet.
{Romola}